It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakuntaregion. The municipality had a population of 1,245 (31 December 2012)[2] and covered an area of 144.32 square kilometres (55.72 sq mi) of which 6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density was 9.020/km2 (23.361/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[3] In 2013, it was consolidated with the municipality of Sastamala.